re: #129 Obdicut

Well, we are going to have to put the large-scale solar stuff in the middle of nowhere. That’s just the nature of the beast.

Building those solar farms in the middle of nowhere (or offshore - sufficiently far from shore so they’re not noticeable, but which increases the costs significantly) is one thing. Stringing the power lines to get the power from the source to its destination is another.

Opposition is such that entire wind farm projects have withered because of opposition to the distribution lines. That means that viable projects for wind power in places like Texas don’t get done because there’s no way to ship the power from where it’s made to where it’s needed.